Get a temporary filename

Get a temporary filename, similar to tempfile, except that it always writes to a temporary folder named beastier.

Usage

get_beastier_tempfilename(pattern = "file", fileext = "")

Arguments

pattern

a non-empty character vector giving the initial part of the name.

fileext

a non-empty character vector giving the file extension

Value

name for a temporary file

Note

this function is added to make sure no temporary cache files are left undeleted

Author

Richèl J.C. Bilderbeek

Examples

get_beastier_tempfilename()
#> [1] "/github/home/.cache/beastier/file71559f96ec5"
get_beastier_tempfilename(pattern = "my_pattern_")
#> [1] "/github/home/.cache/beastier/my_pattern_71540950a18"
get_beastier_tempfilename(fileext = ".ext")
#> [1] "/github/home/.cache/beastier/file7154f4a5fca.ext"